Wire coat and hat hook.



A. G. BREWER.

WIRE GOAT AND HAT HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED r1112. 23, 1909.

972,501. Patented Oct. 11,1910.

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ALONZO G. BREWER, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE WIREGOODS COMPANY, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OFMASSACHUSETTS.

WIRE COAT AND HAT HOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 11, 1910.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALoNzo G. BREWER, a citizen of the United States,residing at lVorcester, in the county of Vorcester and Commonwealth ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Vire Coatand Hat Hook, of which the following is a specification, accompanied bydrawings forming a part of the same, in which Figure 1 is a side View ofmy improved hook. Fig. 2 is a top view, and Fig. 3 is an end view of thesame.

Similar reference figures refer to similar parts in the different views.

My invention relates to coat and hat hooks formed from a single piece ofwire having received a number of bends and in- I terlocking twists, andit consists in the construction and arrangement of parts as hereinafterdescribed and pointed out in the annexed claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 is the screw threaded end of asingle piece of wire from which my improved hook is constructed, bywhich the hook is fastened in position. The portion 2 of the wireextends straight out from the screw threaded end 1 and is returnedparallel with itself by the bend 3. The parallel wires 2 and 4 are givena slight upward bend 5 at the end 3 in the usual manner, shown inFig. 1. The wires 2 and 4 are twisted together at 6, and the portion 7of the wire 4 is preferably arranged directly beneath the portion 2forming the upper or hat hook.

The wire 4 is bent upward at 8, approximately at right angles, and islooped over and around the wire 2 making the loop 9.

From the loop 9 the wire 4 extends downward approximately at rightangles to the wire 2, and is bent forward at 10 to form the lower orcoat hook. The wire 4 terminates at the end of the coat hook and ispreferably finished by a knob 11.

The loop 9 of the wire 4 around the Wire 2 affords a bearing surface orwasher, which .is brought into contact with the surface to which thehook is attached when the hook is screwed in, and thereby preventsrotation of the hook around the screw threaded end. The thrust of thewasher against the surface to which the hook is attached is received bythe twists 6, thereby relieving the bend 3 of any strain which wouldtend to separate the wires 2 and 4.

I claim, I

A coat and hat hook made from a single piece of wire, screw threaded atone end, doubled in the form of an elongated loop with both wiresforming said loop in the same horizontal plane and twisted together nearthe middle of said loop to bring said wires into the same vertical planethereby forming the upper or hat hook, the lower wire then bent upwardapproximately at right angles and looped around the upper wire formingapproximately a complete circle embracing said upper wire, then bentdownward approximately at right angles to said upper wire and bentforward to form the lower or coat hook.

Dated this nineteenth day of February ALONZO G. BREWER. Witnesses LuwisH. JANEs, HAMMOND B. DOUGLAS.

